Improvement in watch-jewel assorters



:(nfimvas. WATCH-JEWEL'ASSORTER.

Patented Feb.-221,1876.

WITNESSES useful Improvements in Watch-Jewel Aseach one of which has a'perforated bottom,

shaken they will fall from one cup to another UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JEROME R. GRAVES, OF COREY, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS, RIGHT TO JAMES GUY FOREMAN, OF SAME PLACE.

MPRovE ENT l N WATCH-JEWEL ASSORTERS.

Specification forming part'of Letters Patent No. 173,782, dated February 22, 1876; application filed January 29, 1876} To all whom it may concern:

Be it known-that I, JEROME R. GRAVES, of Corry, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new andsorter; and I do hereby declare the following to be a'full, clear, and exact description. of the inv'entiomsnch as will enable others skilled-in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, referencabeing had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification;

My invention relates to an improvement in watch-jewel assorters'; and it consists in a number of cups placed one above the other,

theholes of which are slightly larger than those in the cup below, so that when the jew els are poured into the top cup and then until each size is assorted to its proper number, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The accompanying drawings represent my invention. a a

' a represent a number of cups, each one of which has a perforated concave bottom, 0, and is made to fiton the top ot the one just below in such a manner that they cannot be easily, displaced sidewi se. The holes in each bottom are just one size larger than the ones in the putting them in small bottles and numbering each bottle with the number or size of the cup, he can always at once select the size he wants.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 7 A jewel-assorter, consisting of a number of cups, to, havingpertorated bottoms c, the holes in each bottom being one size larger than the one just below it, substantially as shown and described. a

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 11th day of January, 1876. JEROME RUSSELL GRAVES.

Witnesses:

S. B. BROOKS, J. GUY FOREMAN. 

